"Once the momentum started, things started to fall into place. The biggest issue was making sure the competitions were right."

Mossman confirmed that the Championship season would return on Friday night.

"The main thing we have had to rebuild is our corporate knowledge, which we have done," he said.

Allan Hilzinger has been in Darwin for the past week advising the DBA board but he flew back to the Gold Coast this morning. The ex-Darwin chief executive will complete a review of what he's seen.

"The biggest issue has been the lack of staff. The board has tried to get new staff but have not been able to," he said. "The problems are definitely fixable. First up, the Darwin Basketball Association needs someone who can clearly take control. The message is simple: Adopt something that has already worked and implement it."

Comments on this story

pinky brain of earth Posted at 8:42 PM February 24, 2014

Clubs bring imports to Darwin, not the Association, nice try mac04

mac04 of act Posted at 7:59 AM February 21, 2014

if you want to find the missing funds it was not stolen but given to the imports through payments that were bought to Darwin to help a coach who wanted to win and couldn't do it with local talent as the might jets did ....... no one will ever come close to doing what the jets teams have done, so many premierships and 50 wins in a row ..........

Tvj of Parap Posted at 11:29 AM February 20, 2014

Darwin basketball hit its peak with the absolute domination of TV jets men 2000 to 2010. A well oiled machine of superior athletes that set records to last through the ages. All been a bit ho hum since that show time.